List of mammals of Antarctica

List of mammals of Antarctica

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 12 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine mammals and none of which are believed to be threatened, although two are listed as data deficient. [This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institute, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:

ubclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Cetacea (whales)

-----The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.

*Suborder: Mysticeti
**Family: Balaenopteridae
***Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
****Genus: "Balaenoptera"
***** Minke Whale "Balaenoptera bonaerensis" LR/cd
*Suborder: Odontoceti
**Superfamily: Platanistoidea
***Family: Phocoenidae
****Genus: "Phocoena"
***** Spectacled Porpoise "Phocoena dioptrica" DD
***Family: Ziphidae
****Genus: "Berardius"
***** Giant beaked whale "Berardius arnuxii" LR/cd
****Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
*****Genus: "Hyperoodon"
****** Bottlenose whale "Hyperoodon planifrons" LR/cd
***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
****Genus: "Cephalorhynchus"
***** Commerson's Dolphin "Cephalorhynchus commersonii" DD
****Genus: "Lagenorhynchus"
***** Hourglass Dolphin "Lagenorhynchus cruciger" LR/lc
****Genus: "Orcinus"
***** Orca "Orcinus orca" LR/cd

Order: Carnivora (carnivores)

-----The carnivores include over 260 species, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. Carnivores have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

*Suborder: Caniformia
**Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
***Genus: "Hydrurga"
**** Leopard Seal "Hydrurga leptonyx" LR/lc
***Genus: "Leptonychotes"
**** Weddell Seal "Leptonychotes weddellii" LR/lc
***Genus: "Lobodon"
**** Crabeater Seal "Lobodon carcinophaga" LR/lc
***Genus: "Mirounga"
**** Southern Elephant Seal "Mirounga leonina" LR/lc
***Genus: "Ommatophoca"
**** Ross Seal "Ommatophoca rossii" LR/lc

Notes

References

*cite web
url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?kingname=ANIMALIA&phyname=CHORDATA&claname=MAMMALIA&freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B0%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B0%5D=all&country%5B0%5D=AQ&aquatic%5B0%5D=all&regions%5B0%5D=all&habitats%5B0%5D=all&threats%5B0%5D=all&Submit_x=34&Submit_y=9&extendedResults=0&terrestrial=0&marine=0&freshwater=0&offset=0&sortorder%5B0%5D=spcscientificname&sortorder%5B1%5D=genname&sortorder%5B2%5D=spcname&sortorder%5B3%5D=spcauthor&sortorder%5B4%5D=spcinfrarank&sortorder%5B5%5D=spcinfraepithet&sortorder%5B6%5D=spcinfrarankauthor&sortorder%5B7%5D=spcstockname&sortorder%5B8%5D=comname_comp&sortorder%5B9%5D=rlcabb&sortorder%5B10%5D=rlscriteria&sortorder%5B11%5D=poptrend_code&sortorder%5B12%5D=rlcatcrit2001&sortorder%5B13%5D=spcrecid&sortorder%5B14%5D=kingname&debug=0&taxa_subspc=0&taxa_stock=0&newsort=Genus
title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Antarctica
publisher=IUCN
date=2001
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007
*cite web
url=http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/
title=Mammal Species of the World
publisher=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
date=2005
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007
*cite web
url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
title=Animal Diversity Web
publisher=University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
date=1995-2006
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007

ee also

*List of chordate orders
*List of regional mammals lists
*List of prehistoric mammals
*Mammal classification
*New mammal species


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